Templi Resurgentes Equites Synarchici

"Where Philosophy and Military walk hand in hand."

It is important to note the obvious oxymoron the existence of TRES
Corps created within the Guild, as the militarist wing of a non militant
organization.

[2]

According to the last known copy of The Guild's FAQ:

"TRES is subject to the directives of the Guild Elder Council, and,
upon GEC authorization, the Philosopher-General. However, TRES has
its own field command staff (The TRES Admiralty) and plans its
operations itself. TRES subscribes to all the tenets and
regulations in The Guild FAQ, non militarist provisions excepted."

[3]

J. FoxGlov served as the effective Grand Admiral from his early days
of TRES Corps, though he never had the title. He stepped down for personal
consideration in February of 1996 when then-Admiral Marburger assumed the
position of 2nd in Command and, implicitly, Grand Admiral.
nbsp; J left the Jihad in the winter of 1997 for personal reasons. So
long Vulpine, you will be missed.

[4]

To some small extent, J was a friend and confidante of s*rp. At the
very least, J's methods of action had some steadying effects on an otherwise
loose cannon on deck.
When s*rp missed the point and attempted to take over the Jihad for
personal gain, J nuked the kid into obscurity and authored the Corollary Ethos
to prevent such things from happening again. Full details and reasons can
be found in the standard Jihad FAQ.

[5]

Ethos section of the Jihad Web[tm] or Ethos Sections of the TRES
Corps Squadron homepages.

[6]

This from actual episode where b'harnii encouraged children to
capture insects, bees included, in their hands. Shockingly, the script
writers never bothered to consider some children are fatally allergic to
these stings.

[7]

If the author remembers things properly, here is how things break
down for the most recent seven operations. All errors are the author's.

Operation:

Originator:

Generous contributions:

Phoenix

CyberPyro

DE,Maenads,LoD,MAUL,Evil Geniuses

Pacifica

CyberPyro

DE,Maenads,Chosen of Khorne,VR

Cairo

Samhain

(GA Marburger as editor/co-DM)

Home Front

Aphrodite/Will Keith

DE, TRES, VR

Ate

Melanie Davies

(Think this is only TRES ppl so far)

Tenderfoot

Taniara,Schneider

VR,DE

Marraketh

Katster

VR, TRES

[8]

Corps members' activity is only limited by what they choose not to
do. Other examples: Quake programming, art work, CGI programming, HTML
writing, et. al.

[9]

It seems reasonable to assume that TRES Corps cannot operate in an
overt manner without alarming a great number of people. After all, how would
you react if your neighbors were a mixed group of bizarre humans and
fantastic aliens wielding futuristic technology to combat unholy monsters
that shouldn't exist.
Generally, we'd cause a riot just by Existing, so we remain hidden
from prying eyes.

[10]

One might find it ironic that a JAO with a very small number of
naval vessels would use a ranking system designed for a Navy. We do possess
a modest space fleet where it is applicable however.

[11]

Generally speaking, creativity and originality should be foremost in
your creative efforts. It's highly unlikely anyone will appreciate a rip-
off of Star Wars, Star Trek, or any other media passed as your own.

[12]

This stated policy is different from the historical, open-ended one
of the Corps. The reason for this was fairly simple when one looked at the
actual memberships of JAOs.
nbsp; For example, using fictitous numbers:

TRES:

DE:

JAO X:

JAO Y:

JAO Z:

40 members

30 members

20 members

10 members

14 members

5 from DE

4 from TRES

14 from TRES

4 from TRES

8 from TRES

35 original

26 original

5 from DE

4 from DE

4 from DE

1 founder

1 founder

1 founder

1 original

1 original

What should be very clear is that JAOs, emphasis on the A for
Autonomous, are simply recycling membership between groups with no real
growth in the Jihad. As well, there is little human substance to what
amounts to derivative organizations from their Doberman or TRES parents --
activity is split between orgs and cross-members often found themselves
inactive and unfocused in the disorganization.
To paraphrase Councillor Nexxus of the Verthandic Rangers:

"I refused membership to all TRES people when they flocked to VRDET
like mice to fresh cheese. I wanted my own membership base, not someone
else's."

As well, one can correctly perceive unfocused cross-JAO membership
as eroding the foundations of autonomous organizations within the Jihad.
Put another way, the only real reasons someone has to join another
organization is that a) it will enable them to do something infeasible in
their current org, or b) membership in another org is offered as an honor or
commendation for their activity.
In role-play, TRES does not concern itself with the priesthood or
being a pure philosopher, though we often defend them, so a member seeking
greater understanding of the mysteries of Saint Dino or Saint Grimace would
be open to pursue such. Also, a member who values the sword but prefers the
ways of the philosopher would be free to seek out the Sages. Similarly, if
a member's name were found writ in the Book of Ferality, they would be free
to join the Maenads.
Otherwise, most anything is covered inside of the Corps.